President Barack Obama considers himself a Chicago guy, and with that comes a certain level of reverence for Michael Jordan.

So, in an interview with Charles Barkley for NBA on TNT, it took a lot for Obama to compare James to Jordan. He did face the reality that James is a specimen, a talent rarely seen in basketball. And Obama described how it was for him to watch James in person, an experience that forced him to consider James' ability to challenge Jordan for basketball supremacy when it is all said and done.